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10 Reasons to Attend the Quality and Safety Educators Academy
March 27, 2016
Teaching quality improvement and patient safety is no longer an elective—it’s a necessity.
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2016 Fellows in Hospital Medicine
March 27, 2016
MHM Tina Budnitz, MPH, MHM Greg Maynard, MD, MHM Eric Howell, MD, MHM FHM Nicole Adler, MD, FHM Tochukwu Agbata, MD, FHM Alka Aggarwal, MD, FHM Gaurav Ahuja, MD, MBBS, FHM Sameena Akhtar, MD, FHM Karan Singh S. Alag, MD, MBBS, FHM Venkata N. Allada, MD, FACP, FHM Margaret M.
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HM16 Speakers, Attendees Focus on Training, Advancement, Work-Life Balance
March 26, 2016
SAN DIEGO — If you arrived late, or even right on time, to the session on becoming a better attending, you’d better have been ready to find a clear spot on the floor or have had the energy to stand for an hour. Read more about the speakers at HM16. But the dynamic talk, you could even say perf
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Discontinuing Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD Reduces Risk of Pneumonia
March 25, 2016
Clinical question: Is discontinuation of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) in patients with COPD associated with a decreased risk of pneumonia? Background: ICSs are used in up to 85% of patients treated for COPD but may be associated with adverse systemic side effects including pneumonia.
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MEDS Score for Sepsis Might Best Predict ED Mortality
March 25, 2016
Clinical question: Which illness severity score best predicts outcomes in emergency department (ED) patients presenting with infection? Background: Several scoring models have been developed to predict illness severity and mortality in patients with infection.
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Gum Disease is Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline for Alzhemier’s Patients
March 25, 2016
(Reuters Health) - For people with Alzheimer's disease, having gum disease is tied to faster cognitive decline, according to a new study. "What we have shown is that regardless of the severity of dementia (within this mild to moderate impaired group) that patients with more severe gum disease are
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Key Communication Tactics Highlighted in ‘Everything We Say and Do’
March 24, 2016
“Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
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CDC Released Voluntary Guidelines to Help Lower Opioid and Abuse of Painkillers
March 24, 2016
(Reuters) - Addressing a growing "epidemic" of opioid overdoses and abuse of the prescribed painkillers in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released voluntary guidelines that instruct primary care doctors to sharply deter use of the medicines for chronic p
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Hospital Medicine 2016 Brims with Lively Talks, Record Crowds in San Diego
March 23, 2016
Yes, it rained some in dry San Diego—for the first time in a month, according to locals. But that was the extent of the disappointment at HM16—SHM’s annual meeting highlighted by inspiring words from the U.S.
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‘Everything We Say and Do’: Soliciting Goals from Our Patients and Their Families
March 23, 2016
Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
